Liquid dispensing faucet



April 30, 1940. F. R. M MlLLAN LIQUID DISPENSING FAUCET Filed Jan. '7, 1939 I N VENT O R FRANKRMACLMILLAN Patented A r. 30,61940 to an out-of-the-way 1 owe- 4 FrankiRi MacMillan, Montreal, Quebec, Canada,

assignor to Golden Gate Mfg. Co. Limited, Montreal, Quebec. Canada Application January 7 This invention relates to improvements in'liqnow on the market is that, in the open position of the shut-off valve, the flow passage is partially obstructed by the valve itself or by parts of the valve operating mechanism. Besides causing undesirable splitting and agitation of the flowing stream such obstruction tends to interfere with efiicient cleaning of the faucet by the pearl and sponge scouring method. In addition 22 to eliminating this objection the present invention provides improved means for shifting the faucet valve to open or closed position in response to swinging movement of a single-throw operating lever, said/means including a valve operating part carried bysaid lever'and provided with a channel in which a partof the. valve stem is fitted so that the valve is raised or lowered as the angularity of the channel is changed by swinging movement of the lever. An import-,

ant feature of this construction is'that the operating connectionbetween the valve and the valve operating lever is located outside the body of the faucet and is designedto move thevalve position above the flow passage.

Proceeding now to a more detailed description reference will be had to the accompanying drawing, in whichi Fig. l is a front elevation of my improved faucet as it appears when the valve operatinglever is in its valve opening position. g

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken "substantially along the line 2-2 of Fig. 1 In this view the operating knob of the "valve operating lever is shown in elevation. Y

s Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but showing the valve in closed position.

In this drawing my invention is shownema bodied in a faucet comprising a body portion 5 provided with a nozzle 6 and a threaded tubular shank l. The shank 1 is adapted to be attached to a container or cooling coil in any desired or conventional manner and is provided with flow passage 8 through which the beer passes to flow passage 9 of nozzle 6 when valve In is raised from the closed position shown in Fig. 3 to open position shown inFig. 2. Valve Ill closes against seat I l located at the upper end of nozzle passage 9 and slightly below the discharge end of flow passage 8. The hollow portion of body 5 lying l8. The upper end of lever 18 is provided with a v j ball head l5.

wall 'of said chamber, said lever being provided lesasei-iai No. 249,701 g above seat ll constitutes 'avalve chamber l2 in which valve In travels during its opening and closing movements. The upper end of chamber 12 is closed by a gland it which serves as a guide for a valve stem H, the lower end of which is suitably secured to valve H). The upper end of stem l4 terminates in ball head l5 fitted in channel "5 provided in"lateral extension I! of lever hand grip in the form of a spherical knob l9 0 while the lower endis bifurcated to provide a forked portion 20 which fits over faucet lug 2| and is pivotally secured thereto as mdicated at Channel I6 is open at the free end "of extension Hand communicates with a slot 23 formed between .inw'ardly projecting lugs 24 underlying the When operating lever 18 is swung from the position shown in Fig. 3 to the position shown 20 in Fig. 2, the valve H0 is liftedto its open position by the engagement obtaining between the ball head I5 and the lugs 24 of the lever extension l'L, During this movement of the lever the lugs 24 travel upwardly and to the right with 25 reference to the body portion 5. They also slid-e across'the valve stem l4. When lever It is swung from the ,positionshown in Fig. 2 to the position 7 shown in Fig. 3 the travel "of lever extension H with reference to faucet body 5 and valve stem I4 is reversed and the top wall of channel l6 acts against ball head IE to force valve l0 downwardly into engagement with its seat ll.

In its open position valve It) occupies the upper portion of. valve chamber l2 and is well above the discharge end of passage 8.. Consequently, thereis nothing to impede or split the flow of beer through passages 8 and 9; f The valve In and its operating lever IBmay be readily detached from body'-5 by removing the 40 pivot 22 and the gland l3. I I Having thus described my invention, what I claimis:

1. A faucet comprising a substantially horizontal fluid supply passage and a substantially vertical fluid discharge passage communicating at their inner ends with the lower portion of an intermediate valve chamber, avalve arranged in said chamber to travelto and frame. valve seat provided at the inner; end ,ofthegvertical passage, a valve stem workingin a guide opening at the topof saidchamber and having its lower end fixed to said valvean exteriorly located lever having its lower end pivoted to the with a lateral extension overlying the top of said chamber, said extension comprising top and side of said flanges. a

2. A faucet comprising a substantially vertical body including a substantially horizontal fluid supply passage and a substantiallyvertical fluid with the lower Ii "enlarged head at isnsli dablyw fitted,

. largedhead of swung in' a valve opening valve chamber ends of both passages, a valve stem working in a guide opening at the top of said chamber and having its lower end fixed to said valve, the upper end of said stem being located exteriorly of said chamber and provided with an enlarged head, an exteriorly located lever having its lower end pivoted to said body at a point below the top of the valve chamber, said lever? being provided with a lateral extension overlying the top of said chamber and presenting a downwardly facing channel in which the the upper end of the valve stem said channel being formed by top and'side'walls and being open at the free end ofltheextension; said side walls being provided with inwardly directed flanges at their lower edges "adapted to engage and lift the enthe valve stem when the lever is direction.

FRANK R. MACMILLAN. 

